Hi,
I have a large beech hedge at the bottom of my garden which in winter
doesn't look particularly good as the hedge has not been trimmed poperly and
most of the growth is at the top, approx 15-20ft high. The hedge is on
some-one else's land so I can't do much about it. I was intending to inject
a bit of winter colour by planting clumps of red and yellow dogwood along
the base of the hedge (about 6ft away).The area I want to plant is a border
of some 75ft in length.
One downside, I have been told, is that dogwood is not particularly
attractive in summer. Any alternatives to dogwood so I have colour in winter
and an attactive shrub in summer?

thanks,

David